China's Big Appetite for U.S. Property

9/25/2013 6:13AM

The upswing in the U.S. property market is attracting Chinese investors to locations beyond New York and San Francisco. Alistair Meadows of real-estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle explains why there's growing interest in the likes of Boston, Houston, Seattle and Chicago.

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